CFTC to Host Cryptocurrency CEO Forum to Discuss Digital Asset Market Pilot Program

On February 28, the Uniswap community launched the final vote to activate the protocol fee switch across eight chains: Base, Arbitrum, Optimism Mainnet, World Chain, X Layer, Celo, Soneum, and Zora. The fee switch proposal aims to redirect at least one-sixth of transaction fees on these networks from LP revenue to UNI token holders via equivalent UNI burns. Ethereum Mainnet v2 and select v3 pools have had fee sharing in place since late last year, generating roughly $3.3 million in revenue. The proposal also plans to cover the remaining v3 pools on Ethereum. The final two proposal votes are set to conclude on March 4.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved two real-world asset (RWA) tokenization products from Dory Holdings on February 26, with the news disclosed on February 28. The offerings include the Dory Securities Distribution RWA Token and the tokenization of fund interests by Dory Digital Family Office. Their underlying assets consist of a limited partnership fund holding Hong Kong Central’s Dory Building and another limited partnership fund invested in Animoca Brands. This marks Hong Kong’s first approved real estate RWA case, a key milestone for establishing a compliant pathway for RWA tokenization under a licensed regulatory framework.

February 28 — According to The Wall Street Journal, NVIDIA is set to launch an AI chip tailored specifically for processing tasks, aiming to disrupt the competitive landscape of AI computing. OpenAI is poised to be one of the chip’s largest buyers. The processor is optimized to handle AI query “inference” needs rapidly, reducing AI model response latency. It is scheduled to be unveiled at NVIDIA’s GTC developer conference next month in San Jose.

**Feb 28 – OpenAI Founder Sam Altman Announces DoD Partnership** OpenAI Founder Sam Altman announced on February 28 that the company is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy its AI models on a classified network. In all interactions, the DoD has demonstrated a strong focus on security and eagerness to collaborate for optimal outcomes. At the core of OpenAI’s mission is the **safe and broadly beneficial use of artificial intelligence**. Its two top security principles: 1. Prohibiting mass surveillance within the U.S.; 2. Holding individuals accountable for the use of force—including autonomous weapon systems. The DoD has acknowledged these principles and integrated them into its laws and policies, which are also included in the partnership agreement. OpenAI will build technical safeguards to ensure proper model functioning (a priority the DoD shares). It will deploy full-disk encryption (FDE) devices to support model operations and will only run

Feb 28 — Chain analytics provider Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that gold token XAUT recorded its largest single transaction in nearly three weeks earlier Tuesday. Four hours prior, the Tether Treasury address transferred 28,723 XAUT to UK asset manager Abraxas Capital Mgmt, valued at $151 million. Heka Funds (Abraxas Capital) is one of Tether’s largest and most critical institutional clients—previously holding 1.5% of total USDT issuance. Among Tether’s publicly disclosed on-chain addresses, it also ranks second for total interactive volume.

February 28, 2025 According to a report from the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Hong Kong police recorded 12,505 online shopping fraud cases in 2025—an 8.2% year-over-year increase from 2024. The single largest fraud loss tied to online shopping last year involved cryptocurrency. A victim joined a Telegram crypto trading group and was messaged privately by a fake customer service rep, who demanded a “verification code” for group entry. The scammer then drained all virtual assets from the victim’s Telegram-linked wallet, leaving a total loss of over HK$3.7 million.